| Show NEARLY TWO HUNDRED DROWN IN COLLISION OFf BLOCK ISLAND Steamer Larchmont Run Down by Three-Masted Three Schooner S and Sinks to Bottom With Nearly All Hands Few Are Rescued FORTY FUllY BODIES IN BOATS ATS AND WASHED V ASHORE ASHORE Cause of Accident Unknown Unknown Captain Runs Captain Haley Harry r Knowlton Aground Before She Sinks but Few Few I of Crew Escape I I I I'M kc M S I I o C Li cs lot S isi Passengers cn cl's on l Larchmont 1 lOU Number of persons In iii crew v 10 in In Total souLs touL on board 10 l Persons cr v hn ho c escaped SC o j-o o far fm f 1 tJ 1 X Corpses washed up imp or found In nt r. r j S. S U O. O j a Q Total of lives lost MI o far as tI present 0 Block Island R R. I. I Feb 1 12 One Ono hun hundred red anti and one eighty per persons lost them their lives in the Ic Icy waters of oC Long Ts uHl sound off Block Island last night when the Joy line lino steamship was cut down and sunk by bythe bythe bythe the American schooner Hal Harry Knowl Knowl- to ton ii fh The Larchmont an Iron hulled side side- w wheel cel vessel eSel floated a bare balc ten min min- utes nd And in that ten len minutes there hem was a struggle for 01 life on her decks deck that no pen non can describe Ic Icy seas Eel were ivere being driven over the th helpless boat bont as It s struggled with th thu last lost gasp of or the engines to tn reach th the shallows of tho ho beach Tons of or water wale were pouring Into Inlo iut her hold hoid and for tor- warel ivard ard compartments through the tho ten ren rent left teet by the shattered Knowlton Up lip from roan bolow came the lie passenger to m mingle In trio with the tho crew lit In hg 1 ugh ht to tl time the life Ure boats and rafts c 01 tho thin ship What hrit happened In n that loi lo to 1 i 1 yu tr to bo In lV fh dt 11 f ht I nt at t 10 p fm o of or h v up like flotSam m and anti of he neon ne se seon CO COon on tiff tho h short shores of or this swept Is him 19 bind Not a n score of or the WO person known to have l been on tho the La Larchmont r chin on survive the tragic epic of ot the he drama draim of the s sea ca unrivalled sInce the of the steamer Portland Which sank ank Und and ll was never seen In imi tho tine sea of or Chatham Survivors SUlI Half Th The survivors were all half frozen with Ice I The beach remains fringed Save have where when the he savers life In their futile task come upon the bodies of tho lie dead enel washed ashore with the horror of or their helm u useless fight with relentless re re- re- re seas Mens seared sealed deep on their frozen features All day long a a. bit bit- tet cold northwest wind has wept swept the s. n sand dunes of or this island The ThC heavy seas have been whipped b by the howling ling winds and anel omil only I combers sweep on in iii rushing glee over the sixty foot deep grave gra of the driven shattered Larchmont Reports re received rc- rc In San Sandy y Point life liCe saving a station sta sta- ion tion tonight malce make It Il certain c that dozens doz doz- dozens ens of victims of or the he sea sen tragedy are arc I I lying Iring at the bottom In the lie wreckage of oC the steamer Representatives Ps of or tho the steamship line on Block Island stated staled tonight that divers had harl been employed from tho the Merritt Chapman Wrecking company com coin l pany an of or New Nei York and would be dispatched dispatched dispatched dis dis- patched here In the tho morning to search in III the lie deeps of oC shark hark reefs reals Cs for tor those unfortunate dead who are arc Immured In n their staterooms and ami other parts of the lie rrt shores shore Watchers on the packed Ice of time Iho Island tonight ht encased In ru furs patrol the thc benches beaches carrying lanterns and amid great real torches looking for possible survivors or the tho remains of or the dead Tho ho hardened mariners who have fared Cared the storms and deep sea t 8 ea 0 dramas wrecks clinch their thc j 5 In Iii a hundred 11 fists ts In iii helpless aon agony at the time sight Ight among the splintered woo wood and Ing am of or tho the tossing loosing bodies o of men women girls and boys bos all dead death I all frozen one frozen one girl washed ashore I wore a salvation arm army bonnet and a aI I smile on oil her face taco Un on oil lAps Lili It seemed as If au an unspoken prayer I II Iwas was on her lips She was one of tho the I twenty workers for on salvation atlon all women wo wo- men all young all hopeful and enI enthusiastic en en- who ho wont vent down In the Gie theor vortex or vor- I tex lox that made the lie hidden teeth ceth of Shark reef closed upon with ghoulish glee Iee Tossed bruised I and denuded upon I the desolate shores of oC this little pocket of or the world the mute mule remains of or orI those thoc whom the tho stormy storm seas had I chOS chosen n to cast casl forth w were ro found toun loday today today to- to day and amid through the long watches of i Iho tho night amid the seaweed that hat sl skirts this rockbound coast station the tIm sur- sur In the lie life saving Ivins were cared for by willing hands The Islan Islanders ers well vcr versed ed in ministration mini min to lo those grasped trout Irom the Jaws of oC death ath gave them hot whiskies whiskies whis whim kies kics and coffee coerce rubbed them with brutal force orco and gradually forced force ho stiffened limbs chilled to lo the lie marrow mar mar- row to their normal nominal tunc- tunc ions tlona The Tim shattered hulk that was once the thu Larchmont is three miles oft off o ashore horo hid so tsO deep that only tho the deep sea fl fish h may flit lilt through cabins where lie twisted forms with distorted feat feal- that once were eio humans At AL least one Ine hundred victims o of tIme the are uro thought to 1 be lx imprisoned In tho thu rickety old Id hulk huH that played ton for years car between New No York and amid Providence Provi dence and amid before she was sunk In iii Boston harbor Sho She ran rau between that thai port pont and amid Maine seacoast towns lowns as a The State of Maine The horror of or It comes homo home when it is s made clear clean hint f for r days to como s v 1 i ithe the tho the ceaseless ebb chI and amid flow of the t e tides Ides will continue to wash h Q I those imprisoned victims who awoke In th the dead of ot night only to face 1 drowning in tl its most horrible form fonn the suffocating suffocating- vortex of a ship sinkIng sinkIng sink sink- Ing nO In deep water At the time of the collision the Larchmont was as br breasting the he rough 5 seas and amid mal making eighteen miles un an hour at at full speed en route southeast southeast south south- east cast tot for New ew York t The Larchmont left heft Providence for New Nev York at 7 o'clock In n the even evening In being due ue at nt Block Inland at itt 10 She reached the the- island on un online time line unloaded some somo freight ht and then headed out into thC tho sound la In tho the teeth of or a wild gale g northwest The sea was running heavily an and amid I through the darl darkness the hu huge wave crests could b bo be seen scon ce n Hashing spec spec- spectrally trally The skies were clear and anil stars ta-s shining The Tho Intense c cold drove most j of Jf the Ull passengers only on iho the most mos hardy t being able ablo to n uc the tho Icy S. S gale At 1030 o'clock most or if the Jm jin pas 1 1 sensors sensors- W P. I in lii b bed S p. p p pas m J 1 11 ttO u uT T rn IT o t ta Q o ft fee i t 10 loathe th through to Cabin and started lu 4 i retire Sudden li of or I Light I ht 5 Sud Suddenly there camo Clune a b Wl from froma a n sailor 1101 from freon Iho ho forward forwand for for- wa ward wand ld deck Cleck S Lights on un the lie starboard bowl rd bow howl At the he same a n starboard light Slashed Hashed out of oC the lie blank darkness S' S winking wInking- and staring n again aln as ne the time waves hid it from Cram rein view It seemed to be ho about a quarter of a n. mile aWRY away and It 11 came on steadily and anti without J n a pause A As yet the thc steamer ha having plenty of sea loom dill did not shift her herco f co course U se One or em two passengers on un the tIo Larchmont Larchmont Larch Larch- mont who had not nol retired came am out on oil deck decle to to- a see see- seethe the o m vessel l. l It Itla la lay In fn an nn Indefinite l black h huddle on om I the steamers steamer's port bow bov Probably a a. sailing vessel ol said a voice below belo the wheel houte houto Cant say replied tho lie sailor on watch natch i iThen 4 Then Thon calling to tho those o In In the Iho wheel WI l M I house hOUS he lie said raid S They The seem to lo be lie coming S at at J Uto m There Thero was no reply Do you hear henr a n horn the he pilot presently 1 The e sailor Bailor al replied that h t he ho did not I Schooner LooniS Up Ahead i I ITh Th The drew nearer j jIng Ing ng and falling ailing in the lie hugo huge surges gurges Iho tIo 11 0 I could be henril I of or the horn hOln now luite suite distinctly Hoe Hoc hoo boo it rolled roHe over o the tIle water n mm a n hoarse drone dromie I I No danger Is there asked one or of orthe I he the passengers n ers S t There was no answer er The Tho black block ape loomed threateningly lIle a norm lorm cloud on tho the steamers steamer's port bow bowl Suddenly there came the roar roat of or the Ito Larchmont's whittle whistle sounding wildly wholly bore the gale It was the danger sig- sig ial nal There Them arose a storm of 0 footsteps long along i the thc decks s. s There Theme were hoarse from man to man A dozen ozon fuu alarmed b by the unusual U came on deck huddling in the tho Iv v 5 tit if tho tue cabins S B Hy By this time tintie the tho big lumbering Knowlton l was so ol cl 8 so thoard that the loom o of her bowsprit n lo-n t lo almost almot above e tho the doomed t amer teamer r. r Her swinging lantern could hI 2 t plainly seen It was too loo late laic to avoid avoil a a. c collision I riving Driving on un under tinder er her ler mountain of or can can- 1 is ts s. s she could not nol veer in In Hmo to tu o I old a tho ho crash Neither could any shift hift of ot helm take tako her hel the tho Lurch Lurch- monts mont's bow The Tho wheel of or the lie schooner Clr was Jam Jam- mc nod nid hard aport but the tho oseI refus- refus d d to respond Rearing up on a a. tre- tre m ous s sea a the schooner 1 town upon tho tutu port quarter of tha th Larchmont awn away her rails md and driving a a. great hole hobo in iii her star str board ioard quarter through which the wild seas seal poured In Iii cataracts I. I tRI Em cloned In hi The collision cut the he hollar pipes a alie Qt ho tho Larchmont and amI in him an au instant the two wo vessels wore enveloped on in clouds clous of If f steam The TIme bow how sprit nril Jl ji jib boom buoni and forward or rigging of or the schooner were wore pt pt away and above the splintering rash crash could be heard limo Iho screams creams and ana Ties cries of tho the victims on board lOami In Iii a n brief Interval the h two vessels S ere tre C carried rIled along together the nose nosef or orthe mt f the schooner sunken in imi the tho steam steam- I ers T'S side Then n they broke suddenly suddenly- enly i part apart and und began to settle rapidly the lie crazed alf passengers crystallized Into a L S mob that swept all before them Item Tine Tho crowd around the its davits shrieked an and amid by turns The rhe sailors curt Jd ij md nd quarreled In their efforts to io lees lees- Continued d on Page rage Five I S DEATH IN FRIGID WATERS IN LONG ISLAND SOUND Continued From Page One en the frozen tackle which was sheathed in Ice The Larchmont L hal had crumbled like hike an nn e eggshell shen or em a pasteboard box when struck and within ten minutes th thereafter there there- re- re after ha had sunk until the water was al almost al- al most Hush with the deck cleck D By Dy this time the scenes on board had become well nigh indescribable The decks became crowded as if h by magic with half haIr clothed women yellIng yellIng yell yell- ellIng Ing crying and cursing Some Sonic donned onne life preservers over their overcoats Others stricken b by the time awful cold antI and the lie pitiless gale sank down own on tho the slippery deck tiek benumbed and helpless COULD COUL NOT Ol CRASH Captain IcYa Toll Tells How Jow Schooner Bumped mill Sunk Va New Nei York ork Feb Feh- 12 CaptaIn Captain MeVa MeVa Me- Me of the lie was Interviewed in irm the th S Sand Sandy Point life nCe saving 1 station and ma made o this lila statement e 0 left eft Pr at 7 o'clock f last it night under a a. heavy northwest gale vie VII Wham en off ocr W Watch Vatch Hill Hili at al 11 ii o o'clock clock I haul hall been below among tho the passengers leaving a n goo good pilot an and quartermaster on watch When I Ire Ire-I re re- re turned I pa passed e through the L tu to e go to pilot M m. m my room room- roomI I aw saw that I everything was g going on all right an and amid stopped Into Ino m my room to retire I I had been in iii the tho lit room a few min mimi utes ute when I 1 heard th the lie pilot blow the I danger luger signal on the whistle I jumped Into bite the thc pilot idiot house as soon ns fiS I could anti and saw taw a a. schooner and anti up coming coining directly at us The uThe pilot gave tho the quartermaster or orders ers to put lint the time wheel The uTh schooner coming very fast Cast be beCore be- be fore Core a sure stiff breeze hit the Larchmont on the port side just forward of oC the lie smoke steele stack I 1 tried to lo ring the en and amid I mate male to lo out conditions below as I believed the lie schooner had haul cut into us and amid would cause us to leak I could not get gd either the time engineer or mate mato as the time schooner in hitting us us broke oke the time main steam pipe causing the ship to bo be enveloped cn in lii steam I then lien sent a quartermaster f r below to lo see if JC ho he could fluid out the conditions 11 He lie came back and amid reported that the tue boat Loat was fast Xo Xu I Were CIO SeenI Seen I 1 immediately gave orders to all to go to their stations and lower the time boats as us quickly as possible Then seeing that lint they were getting the lie boats read ready very vcr fast I went to tomy tomy my boat and prepared to lower her After getting into lute time the water and seeing that the boat was ivits settling very vely rapidly m I called time the crew to get ct into the boat and amid getting In myself after seeing that the lie others had their boats down I 1 prepared to leave leavo the ship as sue she was wn's nearl nearly neaily under water S Seeing See See- eIng e- e ing no un passengers or nt anybody elso else around I pushed off anti and started time the Larchmont looking for people before beCot she sue sank annie Then we wc ma made c for fOl Rock flock Point where I arrived this hits morning at ut o'clock all exhausted I anti and with hands nn and amid feet frozen lozell |
